Before his September 2024 indictment, accused fraudster Michael Smith allegedly used bot plays to artificially inflate his Billboard chart positions. Now, DMN’s ongoing investigation, led by Dylan Smith, reveals that the artist charted 17 times over a roughly two-year period. So where’s the long-overdue sales and chart update by Billboard?
That’s one of many unanswered questions in this multifaceted streaming fraud saga, which involves billions of fake plays, millions in allegedly stolen royalties, and justified concerns about DSPs’ ability to. . .
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